A printable PDF version of this newsletter can be downloaded from HERE Please sign our petition to say NO to a massive, dangerous, dirty Solar Power Plant with the world's largest batteries close to our homes. More on the campaign here The Society has responded to the Secretary of State's request for further responses on the Project […]
A printable PDF version of this newsletter can be downloaded from HERE This is now VERY URGENT - please sign the petition, write and object here The Society has responded to the Secretary of State's request for further responses on the Project Definition in the draft Development Consent Order (DCO). for Cleve Hill - it is online here https://favershamsociety.org/cleve-hill-submission-to-sos/ […]
A printable PDF version of this newsletter can be downloaded from HERE Chairman's Column Harold Goodwin Cleve Hill. The fight is not over. It is not hopeless. Apathy and fatalism are not the right response. The technical appraisal of the developer’s plans for batteries and solar panels on the land between our creek and Graveney […]
A printable PDF version of this newsletter can be downloaded from HERE Cleve Hill: Do You Realise Its Dangers? David Melville There are many reasons to object to the Cleve Hill power station proposal. Solar power is a good thing. However, the proposal to build the second-largest solar power station in Europe with the world’s […]
A printable PDF version of this newsletter can be downloaded from HERE Despite a terrible weather forecast, a baker’s dozen of us braved the elements and set off from Faversham Guildhall on Boxing Day morning. OK, so we got wet and rather muddy, but that didn’t deter us. We made it safely, risking life and […]
A printable PDF version of this newsletter can be downloaded from HERE The Bridge is raised Harold Goodwin Faversham’s creek bridge was finally lifted off late on 9 December for inspection to see if it could be repaired. The inspection will take some time and a temporary bridge is to be installed to retain this […]
A printable PDF version of this newsletter can be downloaded from HERE The Society in Music The inspiration for the musical Our Beautiful Town came directly from Christine Rayner’s book 50 Years of the Faversham Society 1962-2012. It tells of the epic struggle to protect this medieval gem of a town against the ruthless planners […]
A printable PDF version of this newsletter can be downloaded from HERE Making the most of Faversham's natural heritage Matthew Hatchwell, until recently director of conservation, Zoological Society of London. Fleur Hall, off Gatefield Lane - 7.30pm Monday 28th October 2019 "Making the most of Faversham’s natural heritage” is what people have been doing in […]
Faversham - a town for all seasons This small gallery illustrates how Faversham is truly a town for all seasons Making the most of Faversham's natural heritage "Making the most of Faversham’s natural heritage” is what people have been doing in this landscape for thousands of years. Indeed, its natural heritage – its coastal location, […]
Station Scandal Faversham’s station is Grade II listed and surrounded by a conservation area. It is an important entrance to our town, yet over 20 years been allowed to deteriorate so that it looks like a slum. Now the society is campaigning to get it renovated. Railway Slum Campaign THE EDITORFaversham’s original station was built […]